Rainbow Six Mobile stops in January 2027 after full release in February 2026

The game soft-launched in 2023 and received a full release in February 2026.
Ubisoft says the team is moving on to other long-term projects and will share more information about the game’s final phase later.

What happened

Ubisoft has phased out Rainbow Six Mobile and announced that the mobile shooter will be shut down in January 2027. In the available sources, the exact day is most often listed as 15 January 2027; an earlier headline mentioned 16 January 2027, but the source context provided here points mainly to 15 January 2027. Ubisoft’s official update is linked in the external context to a message from the development team, which says the game is being “sunset” and that players will get more details later about the transition into its final phase.

Rainbow Six Mobile already went into soft launch in 2023 and received a full release in February 2026. That means the game will remain playable for less than a year after its worldwide rollout before the servers go offline. Multiple external summaries say the mobile shooter will become unavailable in January 2027, and one source specifies that the shutdown will happen on 15 January 2027. The sources therefore agree on the month and year, but not fully on the exact day.

According to Ubisoft, the development team will continue working on other long-term strategic projects. The company also says it will share more details in the coming weeks about the final period of Rainbow Six Mobile and what players can expect up to the shutdown. The provided context also mentions that another season is still planned before the game goes offline for good, but its name and contents have not been confirmed in the available source fragments.

Timeline

2023 — Rainbow Six Mobile enters soft launch and becomes available in a limited form.
February 2026 — Full release of Rainbow Six Mobile, expanding the game to a wider global audience.
Autumn 2026 — Ubisoft announces that the game will go offline in January 2027 and that the team will share more information about the final phase later.
Autumn 2026 — External sources report that another season is still planned before the shutdown.
15 January 2027 — Planned shutdown date for Rainbow Six Mobile according to most sources.
16 January 2027 — Alternative date mentioned in an earlier headline, but not confirmed by all sources.

Background

Rainbow Six Mobile is the mobile version of Ubisoft’s tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege. The game was first released in a limited form and later launched worldwide in February 2026. That gives the mobile title its own release path, with a soft launch first and a full rollout later, while still carrying the same brand and tactical identity as the main series.

Ubisoft’s official update says the team is closing down the game and shifting focus to other long-term projects. Ubisoft has not said what those projects are. The context also refers to Rainbow Six Tactics, but without a confirmed release date. The sources further indicate that Ubisoft plans to share additional information in the coming weeks about the final stretch of Rainbow Six Mobile, suggesting the studio has not yet revealed every detail of the end-of-service plan.

The external context also includes a message from the developers saying that bringing the Rainbow Six experience to mobile was an “exciting journey” and that they are proud of the team’s work. That message is tied in the provided snippets to Ubisoft’s official update, but the exact details of any final in-game events, compensation, or server changes have not been specified. The only hard facts in the source context are the January 2027 shutdown, the earlier soft launch in 2023, the full release in February 2026, and the promise of more information later.